Copyright Fair and Use

1) Who is copyright status granted to?
anyone who pays

2) What animal does The Motion Picture Association of America use to detect pirated DVD's? Why do they use them?


3) Is it legal to purchase a CD or DVD and then resell it on eBay? Why or why not?
yes, as long as it is the orginal copy

4) What is the purpose of copyright?
to prevent people from making money off of someone else's work

5) Paul decides he really likes the work of the photographer that shoots landscape photos. He uploads the photos to his personal website and shares the photographer's photos with anyone who wants them. Is Paul infringing on the photographer's copyright? Why or why not?
yes, he needs the photogrpaher's premission before he does that

6) When is it legal to share a music file that another person holds the copyright on?
never

7) What is Fair Use?
paying the owner for the use of it

8) What is Creative Commons licensing?
a license to copyright stuff

9) When is it acceptable to use another person's copyrighted works?
when you pay for it

10) If you rent a movie on DVD, you may share it with as many people as you like during the rental period. True or False. Why or why not?
yes, you've paid for it

11) What is Public Domain?
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12) The US Government holds the copyright on its archives. How does an individual go about obtaining permission to use items from the archives?
buying it or asking the writer or author for permission

13) Justin downloaded the black-and-white horror classic Night of the Living Dead from the Internet Archive and decided to mix an audio sample from the film into one of his original songs. That's copyright infringement. True or false? Why?
true, it was already illegal how it got the song now its more illegal cause he called it his own in his song

14) Paul takes an extremely beautiful landscape photograph. When does his copyright go into effect? How long does it last? If his copyright is infringed upon, how does he defend it?
once he posts it online or puts it in a museum